Kilo Lingo

(kòng zhì) - to control in Mandarin

kòngzhì

Traditional: 控制

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HSK 5
#649 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to control

Word origin

控制 means to control. 控 (kòng) means to control or accuse, with the 扌 'hand' radical and phonetic 空 (kōng). 制 (zhì) means to make or restrain, with the 刂 'knife' radical.

Origin
compound
Root
控 (kòng, to control) + 制 (zhì, to restrain)

Stroke order

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Stroke order for 制

Examples

He couldn't control his emotions.

Please control the volume.

The company controlled the market.

Please control your temper.

The situation is already beyond control.

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This word is part of lesson 13.